Eyelash curler



March 23, 1943. w. R. TUTTLE ET AL r 2,314,375

EYELASH CURLER Filed Nov 27, 1941 INVENTORS V constituting an in gPOStS.

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iinppneenenfnovember:zn mu sen m $202712 .;4 :c1snns. 2(5613113255-32) n -Amongztheioljjects df heapresentiinvention 1s vthezprovisionxo saanovel ieyelash ciirlerirstructure provement-Iover that disclosed and ram ed kin 'Patents iiNo. 1,699,084ugranted 1'935pan'd 9N0.13225257425grantd iA-ugust 21 9, 1941. In the mti'lizati'onizof eyelash icurlers' 'or'crimpers 3 constructed in :accordance 2wi'th the :above iden- :tifledgpatentsi it has .beensffound thatza's the relaitively movable jaw s is? 'verticaly reciprocated t0' the lower :or :open position ithereoLYinsumcient =-'space .is r'provi'deti :torprern'lit athe ready g-andscon- "venient?insertiombyzthezuser1oi? her'eyelashesainto i the vopeningcei-zistirrg'rlietweenitl'xe, ipper jaw, the lower jaw and "the v:adjr iining vertical erms or none .ofitheobjectsof the: present:- invent-ion lies in :the :provision 'JOf ea novel {link -structure (pernmitting ea :;greater reciprocal ,-:movement of 'gthe flower *or rnovable. f-iaw withoiit "increasing the E;basic@size:.:and principals dimensions, of the idevice. .It';hasi-.beenifo indithat-'intvusing eyelasha'curlers a'constmctediin accordance :iwith;the'abovefidentilled patents, as the; device F used, the .x-upper sharp "edge; ofithe relatively-stationary l-jawcontacts': the uppereye-lid of the user; and tends 'to irritate-the skin, causing-painand discomfort. This situation .is aggravated by reasonof the fact that in order I to steady the position-got ithe eyel ash curler-stationary :jaw with: relation; to the -lid :is actually employed by face, 'the upper z-eye e t 5 or support. Since the the average =user asaa res iilesh lo! the uppereye-lid is soft and yielding,

.it 1 is "easily indented by" the sharp upper edge of theprior art upper vjaw--constructions. wi'Ihisa'ea-se,

-of,indentation-eof theusharpedige'cf the :upper 218W "therefore" permitted vgreater .motion; with a i,consequentFunsteadiness, 115 15,. therefore, .anotheriobject of the ;-present '3 invention to provide:- an'improved' up er J HWiCOIlrstruction'which at practically no iin'erea'sey in "cost, 1 overcomes. "the aobiections just referred to with :"asconsequent increase in steadiness :and :comfortpf thedevice inuse. v .7

A still further object herein is the provision alnovel eyelash curler construction whichxmay e'vincorporated into the" curlers presently 'mann- I ractured t-in- =aaccordance with "the above identi- Lifledzpatent's and which iiamount :of change in suc "desired-effect and. result.

"L'Ihese objects and other incidental ends h curlers 'toproduceathe .i advantages will more fully appear in the-'spr'ogress of' this disclosure and he pointed: out-in the appended claims.

inve y imovabl'e element ,32.

will requires;a-; minimum"' 'f 1-.60, '.-continue into inward1ybent oppositely disposed M bifurcating; post. 'clearance -portions1521*and (63.

":view 'taken similarly to Figure 1.1 iivithkrpartsgbroke'n away; the 1 upper I and lower 'iaw andg zcrossbaribeing shown in central vertical r-seetion. In'iaFigure j thelower jaw'is in the low- I {e or; openvposjition thereof; vi fisu w is e'w ew' tak lns the" lowenjaw andaconnected structure er bl fcpefi position z th'ereo f. --.view i n pe .pective o p In .accordanceWithJthe invention the eyelash cur1er;genera1lyfindicatedfby {numeral "30 comprises :rlativelystatio'nary element =3 I and a, rela The stationary eleament= comprises ijn xtaposed members 5 and l 6, a the finger 1oop-= I]; V 'biiurcfitingposts Br and l flgandivertical; and par- 'JQlllxarrhsil fl'i'andt {Connecting:the-twoilpper Z hendsiof -,the:,paral-le .arms" i8; and IB' is a curved when "viewed :from above, is curved, "as bestseen i in FisureifZi k "vided s. with 'a iforwardiy :{extending guard fiang'e 105160j-h'aving:Va usmooth'f upper-surface-G I.

vThe relatively em-ovabie element 32 comprises juxtaposed 1 members :Hl and H "they finger loop shaped linlefl. The link 3,15 preierablyformed a singiei-piece f rod like "material such as wire. The 1311x5533ginelufdes -a. horizontally dis- :fiD SedL nortioni ujhaving -ia pair of lower ar-ms 24 ancigT-j25: extendingigeneraily upwardly therefrom *the upper-.zportions of the lower s arms 24 and 25 "'y'I'he upperxnost"portions" of -the clearancefportions H-Uand T63 continue "intothe upper. arms 26, and

il'arly I to l i gure 2 i'sijg-a. in?a'Q-rnentary .-vertical sectional 5 ==vi w,schernatic 'innature: showing the device in flattening portions l 5 and I 6'; Y 5

stationary upper gjnjw 23. -Th'e upper jaw 23,

1 2; iflatt'ened portions *flnndQl-l; an irregularly toward or away from-teach other. .1

nected to the under surface of the lower movable Jaw 20. The movable jaw 20 is suitably grooved or dished to have secured t erewithin the resillent facing 22. The horizontal portion 34 loosely penetrates two orifices in the upper ends of the members Jo and 1,] serving thereby to pivotally connect s ammembers to theglinkjgn, which is reinforced by means "of the crossbar 28, in turn attached to the arms 26 and 21 by means of the knuckle reinforcements 28'.

nected thereat by means of 'a'pin 2S;

The-outer ends of the movable j wzueie pro-' H:

vided with orificed vertical arm engaging portions constituting the integral short sleeves 2|.

The flattened'po r tions I3 and I4 are disposed between theflattenedr, portions l5 and I6 andare,pivotally interc onment of the jaw will result in upward pressure being exerted by the flange 60. Since this flange furnishes a much greater area over which said upward pressure may be distributed correspondingly, less disfigurement or distortion of the eyelid will take place. With less distortion and I r'iiovement of the skinsurfacea greater steadiness of the-positioning o'f-thede'vic'e will result and a The sleeves 2| are adapted for sl-idable movement longitudinally of the arms l8 and I9, and this occurs when the finger loops l2 and I'I'are moved The" outer. ends of the stationary a jaw 23 are affixed to the upper ends of the parallel arms I8 and IS, the inner and opposite portions-of the upper ends of saidzarmszbeing flattenedwthereat to receive 'the ends'of the stationary-jaw. Attachmentof'thetends:jof thejaw vtothe ends of the arms maybe made in any suitablemanner as, for

' example, by spot- Weldingzor preferably.by rivetting the partstogether'biy means; ofintegral rivets extruded from =the=upper ends of the; arms at the time the same arel flattene'dpreparatory tothe connection thereto of the ends of the stationary j e,- --u,; l

to with two principals-exceptions, however.

eyelashes 65 into theopening 61 penetrating the I device1-30 astheilatter is moved toward the eye Firstly, when the user is-about to insert the of the user; the opening ,Blbetween the lower edge 68 of the stationary upper-jaw 23 and the upper surface of the resilient facing 22 is considerably largerthanthe prior art devices. I This is so because the downward movement of the lower jaw 20 is limited only by the contact of the bifurcatring post clearance portionsv62 and 63 with the lowermost portions. 69 and 10' of the bifurcating In this position the, short, sleeves 2| have, reached the lowermost portion of 'thestraight e vertical and parallel arms I8 and I9. By rea- I;

son -ofthe configuration of the portions 62 and The operationtof the device is genera-lly sim- I ilar to tha't o-f..the prior: patents above referred greater degree of comfort by the user will be obtained.

As best seen in Figure 4, the flange 60 forms an angle of greater than 90 with relation to the jaw 23 so that the point of juncture between the up-- =perportion of the jaw 23 and the inner or rear port-ion of the flange 60 forms a smooth comfortably rounded surface. Thus the flange 60 takes a general I I direction corresponding. to the flange positioning of the upper portion of the eye- 'lid and adjacent facial structure, when the device 20, H, v It may, thus .be seen that we' hav e provided cer- I tainimprovements in eyelash curlers'of the "gen- '-.eral class.heretoforajidentified, principally diis in use.

rected to securing afg'reater inter-jaw," distance when the device'flis. in the open position thereof, and greater comfort and stability. of the device when i use in contact with the eyelid and adjacent facialfpor'tioins of the user. These improve- 'rne'nts have beenaccompli'shed at practically no increase in'cost',"either lfor labor or materiahand withoutincreasing'tlie general size and weight of t e i e a p tions will occur to a We wish it t be understoodthat'we donot de- 'sire tobe'limited to'the'exactdetails er construction shown and described for obvious modificaperson slrilled in the art.

' Wesl 11'. 'In arr eyelash curling'device of the class des cribeda curved stationary upper jaw; an eni I scribed a curved-stationary.upperjaw and an v'ice is in use.

3;"In'an eyelasheurler of 'the 'cla'ss described having a stationary leverand a movable lever [crossing and pivoting therewith, the stationary lever having a' fixed upper jaw and a lower mova- .'63 and the spatial interrelation thereof with the *jtact the eyelid or adjacent facial skin beneath the 1 portions" 68 and; 10 ,ofthebifurcating posts lfl and l9,-the portion 62 and 63 will reach a lower position when they form amore obtuse angle with relation to the posts I B and I9, that is, when the whole link 33 is rotated about the pin 29 to a more nearly horizontal position. i The obtuse ness of the angle just referred to is increasedby reason of the bends 64' andli5', as without them "b'l jaw'slightly mountedthereon: alink comprising divergingarms pivoting from the upper terminal of {said movable lever and being inwardlyand oppositely offset at a point above the lower end of said link,the-termina1s of said arms being the arms 26 and 21 would be straight and would take a more nearly vertical path in travelling from the horizontal portion 34 to the point of,"

connection with the lower surface of thelower j w 2 Secondly, after the user has fully inserted her ing the device 30, as the latter is movedftow ard the eye ofthe user, the upper surface 8! will con- 1 eyelashes, 66 into the opening SL'thus penetrateyebrow (see Figure '7). 'Any upward movement" of the device 30, as contrasted with upward movethe lower edge of said lower movable jaw: ,v i I I, {.7 I, "4, Iri'an eyelash curler, the combination of a stationary lever and a movable lever mounted thereon; an upper jaw secured to the upper end of said stationary lever,' a slidable jaw mounted on said stationary lever and, cooperating with said upper j'aw'and a'link including a pair. of generally 1 upwardly extending arms'which are inwardly offset toward each other near-the lower end of said link, said link being "pivotally connected at its lowerend' to said movable lever and having its upper end fixedly secured to said sliding jaw.

WILLIAM R. TUTTLlEl. CHARLES W.STICKEL.

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